Good morning everyone. Happy Monday to you. It's almost Spring. Almost! We've been lucky that the winter hasn't been too bad in terms of snow and cold. Last year at this time we'd already had several snow storms. I love the snow but sometimes enough is enough!
When the change of weather and longer days we look forward to wearing colors other than black. I do anyway! Even if you are in black it is not depressing nor is it the color of mourning. It's all the way you wear it! You can say that about a lot of things. Everything is in your perception.
Today's quote is, "The most radical thing you can do is to change your attitude and look at the day differently than you did before." Take a sunny day for instance. You mood could be elevated because of the beautiful day outside your window or you could be bummed because you can't find your sunglasses.
I know how easy it is to tell someone to look at something in a different light and a new way altogether. I also know how difficult it can be because I tell myself exactly what I tell you as well. Don't wake up thinking the day is going to suck. If you do then you have already decided it will. Wake up every day knowing that it is time for a brand new start.
Rain, wind, snow, sleet, sun, who cares what is going on outside. What matters is what's going on inside. What matters is not what you see but how you see it. Change your attitude and every day will be a beautiful one!
Have a great Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy
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Good morning everyone. A Friday in March. Hope all is well. When someone asks how you are do you give an honest answer or do you say everything is fine. Most of us are not honest with our responses unless we are super close with the person on the receiving end. Anything from a major catastrophe to a minor disruption could ruin someone's day but in the end it is all about our perception.
The way we see anything and everything is also in our perception. A few weeks ago it snowed then rained and became very icy. While it was difficult walking up the driveway but kind of funny watching Mia slide all over the place, the sun was out making it a beautiful day. That's the way I saw it anyway. Someone else may have thought what a disaster. There is ice all over the driveway, Mia can't get her footing and the sun was too bright.
There are always at least two ways to look at something. It is the same when we decide to go after what we want and are truly ready for that change. Obstacles? Not in our world. Today's quote is, "The only thing blocking you is the illusion that something is in your way." Think about what you want and/or what you wish to create or change and then think about why it isn't working. Is there a real reason or are you creating an excuse.
Decide if you are willing to work for what you want because it does take not just desire but work and persistence. I could easily have said there is no way I could write a book. I use that as an example because that was something I wanted to do for a long time but used the excuse of not understanding technology as a deterrent. I created my own illusion for the inability to create SEASONS OF THE SOUL because of a machine.
We all know I found a way around it. I just ordered my third set of books! There may be roadblocks but find the detours. They will get you there too.
Have a wonderful Friday everyone and a great weekend! ~Love, Amy
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To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co
Good morning everyone. Happy Thursday. Earlier in the week I addressed change and how we all have the ability to create change in our lives. What we don't have the ability to do is change someone else. Try as we might, we can't change their habits, their beliefs or the way they put on their socks.
So many people enter into relationships thinking that they can change the other person. A huge mistake as many of us reading this are older, wiser, married or divorced and know this to be true. The first rule when getting involved with someone is never think you can change them because quite simply, you can't.
Today's quote is, "Help someone always - change someone never." A relationship could be a love interest or a good friend. We all try our best to help those important people in our lives but you cannot change someone and here's a tip. It's not your job! Nope! Not your job. It is not your job to change their self-destructive, narcissistic, stubborn ways.
As a friend, you can gently point these things out but unless those ears are willing to hear, they won't. Love and friendship are about acceptance. Most things we learn to overlook but if there are serious issues unwilling to be addressed then we have no right in thinking our wisdom will be acknowledged. Tolerate what you can but never ever expect someone will change because you want them to!
Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! ~Love, Amy
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Good morning everyone. Happy Wednesday. We are once again in the middle of a week having left the last one behind. My hope for you all is that every week is a good one but I know that's not always possible. We have good weeks and bad. We have days with surprises and those that are mundane. Such is life.
Today's quote is, "Feel the texture of life - the rough edges of pain - the smooth softness of joy - the spectrum of emotions as varied as all of us." Who doesn't prefer joy over pain? Happiness over sadness? It would be nice to view life through glasses tinted as red as roses but life is not that way.
Life is a myriad of events. Events that make us jump for joy or knock the wind out of our sails. We feel it all even if we would rather not. Who wants to experience pain and heartache? Who thrives on grief and loss?
We humans prefer joy, fun, peace and calm but how would we recognize joy, fun, peace and calm if that was all we experienced? How would we appreciate joy if we did not know sorrow. How would we know fun if we have not experienced boredom. How would we know peace and calm if we have not seen turmoil and distress?
We need the bad to understand the good. Every emotion we experience has value and contributes to a deeper understanding of this thing we are all in. This thing called life.
Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday! ~Love, Amy
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Good morning everyone! Happy Tuesday. I hope you stuck to your guns and didn't make any promises yesterday and don't plan on making them anytime soon. We are creatures of habit. We continue to do what we have done in the past as if our stuck ways are part of our DNA.
I will tell you that DNA has nothing to do with the habits we have created. The key word there is created. We are the creators of procrastination and anticipation. We can also be the creators of change. Today's quote is, "Do you believe in change - do you really believe - because if you do then do it - change - it is never ever too late." The only problem with change is us! There is always a part of us that doesn't truly believe that situations can change or that we ourselves can.
The part of us that believes everything will remain as it is consumes us in ways that prevent us from moving forward. What do I say to that? Erase that belief from your mind this instant! Change is hard. Really hard! That's why I have written about it so many times and will continue. We all need to know that change is possible. We all need to know that we are able and capable of making changes.
Change knows no time. Now or later means nothing. They are only words we give meaning to but you do have to know is that if your desire is strong enough then change will happen.
Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! ~Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co
To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co
Good morning everyone. Happy Monday to you all. Spring is almost here. Not quite but almost. March is still very much a winter month with unannounced surprise snow storms but it is nice to know that the cold will come to an end, the days will be longer and we will be able to ditch our winter jackets.
Many of us start to think of all the things we are going to do in the nicer weather. Not just outdoor activities but indoors as well. Things we keep putting off because we would rather do anything else than straighten up and organize. One step at a time is what I always say. If it helps then give yourself a timeline rather than promise yourself the impossible.
Today's quote is, "A promise that you cannot keep to yourself will never be kept to anyone else." We all say things and have said things in the past that end with, "I promise." Promises are difficult to keep. Even small ones. Harder than keeping a promise to someone is keeping one you make to yourself. When that promise isn't kept, we feel awful. Why put yourself through that? It is so unnecessary.
Stop making promises. Stop saying, "I promise." Instead don't say anything. Why do we feel we need to promise something that we know we either don't want to do or will never do. Be honest. You do that. I do that BUT, I have stopped. I no longer make promises even to my children which by the way does not make me a bad person. It makes me....human.
No one knows our capabilities like we do. At this point in your life you know what you can and can't do. What you want to do and what you don't want to do. Try your best to stick with your goals and always make them within reasonable and realistic reach whether they are for you or someone else.
According to Mary Poppins promises are like pie crust. easily made, easily broken. Don't make the promise, just eat the pie!
Have a wonderful Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co
To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co
Good morning everyone! Happy Friday and welcome to March! Wow! Let's hope it comes in like a lamb and leaves the same way. I know that's not the saying but that's my preference. When the weather is nice it really does bring the best out of me. I feel like I thrive in the warmth of the sun. It makes me come alive and what a great feeling that is.
It is incredible how the weather affects me. Not just me but everyone. When it is cold we want to hibernate, when it is too hot we limp along, melting like an ice cream cone in the sun but when the temperature is just right we are unstoppable, able to do anything.
Those are the days that make us feel great about everything including ourselves but no matter what the temperature outside is we need to know we can still be amazing and unstoppable and to believe in today's quote which is, "Yes, I'm awesome - what you think matters to you not me." I love today's quote but its hard to say.
How often do we blurt out how great we are versus what we do wrong, what we can't do and how we don't measure up? Without knowing you, I will tell you that you do that way more than you should. Why is is so hard to acknowledge good things about ourselves? Maybe as children we were never complimented and told we were great. Maybe we heard one negative comment and are still holding onto it and because of that we just never believed anything good about ourselves.
Believe it now. Believe that you are awesome and unstoppable. Will everyone be your friend? Will everyone be supportive? Will everyone care? The answer is no and this is why, who cares what anyone thinks. Care what you think, so think and know, you rock!
Have a wonderful Friday everyone! ~Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co
To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co
I know how easy it is to tell someone to look at something in a different light and a new way altogether. I also know how difficult it can be because I tell myself exactly what I tell you as well. Don't wake up thinking the day is going to suck. If you do then you have already decided it will. Wake up every day knowing that it is time for a brand new start. 
